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גַּן‏ n.m. garden

garden OfA^Gen, Palmyrene, Nabatean, Doura, JLAtg, Sam, LJLA. TgJ 2K21:18 var. : וְאִתקְבַר בְגִנַת/בְגַן/ בֵיתֵיה‏ he was buried in his palace garden. PJ Num24:6 : כגנין שתילין על פרקטוני נהרין‏ like gardens planted along river torrents. w. עדן‏ : the Garden of Eden (i.e. paradise) JLAtg, Sam, LJLA. TgJ Is45:7tos : חיי עלמא לצדיקיא בגן עדן‏ eternal life for the righteous in the Garden of Eden. TgQoh9:7 : חמרך דאיצטנע לך בגן עדן חולף חמרא דמזגתא לעניא‏ your wine that has been set aside for you in the Garden of Eden in return for the wine you served the poor.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: Jastrow: 256; Levy Ch-W: 1:146; Tal Sam: 154; DNWSI: 227;

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Derivatives:

gnh, gntˀ (ga/innā, ga/innəṯā) n.f. garden

gnwny, gnwnytˀ n.f. #2 garden

gnn, gnnˀ (gannān, gannānā) n.m. gardener